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tion does not change the speed of the
hammer, but simply the force of the blow
and enables the operator to obtain light,
quick blows which are so essential to
finishing any forging.
The helve is designed for belt or motor
drive. When belt driven, tight and loosepulley
and belt shifter form part of theunit,
the belt being shifted to the loose
pulley only for long stops. When motor
driven, the tight pulley is replaced by a
gear engaging the pinion of the motor
which is supported upon a bracket secured
to the hammer frame which allows
the hammer to be placed in any location
desired, independent of line shafts. The
crankshaft runs in bronze ring-oiling bear-
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Walter X. Crafts has recently become associated
with the American Chain Company, as works manager
of the Reading Steel Casting Company, Reading, Pa.
For the past live years he has been general manager
of the Canadian Electric Steel Company, Ltd., of
Montreal, and during the war period was general superintendent
of the Toronto plant of the British Forgings,
Ltd., the largest producer of electric furnace steel
for shells.
Dr. Zay Jerferies was the speaker at the monthly
meeting of the Pittsburgh Chapter, American Society
for Steel Treating at the Fort Pitt Hotel, Pittsburgh,
Tuesday. December 2. his subject being "More About
Steel" Dr. Jeffries is head of the research bureau of
the Aluminum Company of America. Cleveland.
Y E. Hillman, director of research at the Crompton
e\: Knowles Loom Works. Worcester. Mass., delivered
a paper on the evening of December 19 on "The Evolution
of the Blast Furnace and the Manufacture of
Pig Iron from Iron Ore" at a joint meeting of the
American Society for Steel Treating and the American
Chemical Society at the rooms of the Providence Engineering
Society. Providence, R. I.
Martin H. Schmid, metallurgical engineer of the
United Alio}- Steel Corporation. Canton, Ohio, has
been appointed assistant general manager of sales of
the alloy divison of the company, effective December
1. He was graduated from Lehigh University in 1907
with the degree of mechanical engineer and for two
years was engaged in power plant work.
E. B. Rogers, formerly superintendent of the Samson
Tractor Company. Janesville, Wis., has been appointed
superintendent of the Midwest Forgings Company.
Chicago Heights, 111., succeeding R. C. Rowan,
who resigned to engage in other business.
Dr. Waldemar Dryssen has been appointed chief
engineer of the furnace equipment department and
the forge and hammer welding department of the
Blaw-Knox Company. Blawknox, Pa.
FIG. 11—Air compressor and actuating
cylinder of Beaudry hammer.
January, 1925
ings, thereby insuring efficient lubrication.
When adjusting the dies for different
thicknesses of work four nuts are loosened
on the pivot yoke and the hand wheel on
the top of the machine is turned the
proper amount to raise or lower the yoke
after which the four nuts are tightened.
The connecting rod of the helve is adjusted
by a turnbuckle. These adjustments
the operator makes without help.
The pivot of the helve consists of hardened
steel centers, easy of adjustment,
and affords means for entirely eliminating
side play of the dies so that they may
always register with each other, thereby
giving perfect alignment, which makes
them very satisfactory for the work.
John H. Hall, Metallurgist of the Taylor-Wharton
Iron & Steel Company, High Bridge, N. J., and G. R.
Hank, superintendent of the same company, gave addresses
on the subject of manganese steel before the
members of the Industrial Club, Bethlehem, Pa., at a
recent gathering.
Marcus A. Grossman is affiliated with the United
Alloy Steel Corporation, Canton, Ohio, in charge of
the research division.
Charles Kachel, for 14 years superintendent of the
Bossert Corporation, Utica, N. Y., has retired from the
sheet metal stamping business and will make his home
in Miami, Fla. He expects to organize a sales organization
in that city.
Henry W. Darling, for more than 30 years treasurer
of the General Electric Company, has resigned
and on January 1 will be succeeded by R. S. Murray,
who has been assistant treasurer of the company since
1910. In accepting the resignation of Mr. Darling as
treasurer, the Board of Directors elected him a vice
president with such duties as shall be assigned to him
by the president.
OBITUARIES
George Urick, 40 years old, superintendent of the
open-hearth department of the Duquesne steel works,
Carnegie Steel Company, Pittsburgh, was found dead
in the attic of his home in Duquesne, Pa. Mr. Urick
according to a report to the coroner's office, hanged
himself.
W. Lucien Scaife, aged 71, a former manufacturer
of Pittsburgh, died in his home December 5. He formerly
was chairman of the board of directors of the
Scaife Foundry & Machine Company, Pittsburgh, and
was one of the first trustees of Carnegie Institute of
Technology.
L. Leslie Helmer, general manager of the Cumberland.
Md., works of N. & G. Taylor Company,
Philadelphia, manufacturers of tin plate, died of
typhoid fever at his residence on December 24, aged
47 years. John M. Read, formerly assistant general
manager, has been advanced to the position of general
manager.